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PAUL ARTHUR NELSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 2, 1942 – March 28, 1969
Service recordPaul Arthur Nelson, of New Brighton, Minnesota, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 28, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 73
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 2, 1942
- Home of record
- New Brighton, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1969; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 73
- CARL DAVID NALLCorporal · March 28, 1969
- DANA EDWARD NELSONCorporal · March 28, 1969
- RICHARD LANCE NOTTINGHAMPrivate First Class · March 28, 1969
- MICHAEL LOUIS POGGISergeant · March 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE EDWARD BROWNINGCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 66
- WALTER VINCENT CROCCOCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 66
- SEAN TIMOTHY DORANCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 68
- EARL FERGUSONPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 69
- THOMAS MICHAEL GIBSONSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 69
- VINCENT MORANSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 72
- MICHAEL LOUIS POGGISergeant · Panel 28W, Line 73
From New Brighton
- TERRILL GENE PETERSONPrivate First Class · June 8, 1966
- ERLE LAWRENCE BJORKECaptain · October 15, 1967
- CHARLES OTTO SPILLMANPetty Officer First Class · February 28, 1968
- DARREL THOMAS SWANSONSpecialist Four · February 7, 1969
- PAUL ROBERT EDMONDPrivate First Class · June 9, 1969
- WARREN STUART HALLSecond Lieutenant · January 17, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.